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International Human Rightsstudies the ways in which states and other international actors have addressed human rights since the end of World War II. This unique textbook features substantial attention to the domestic politics of human rights, as well as an extensive emphasis on theory. The fourth edition is substantially rewritten and reorganized to enhance usability, and new material is added to bring the text up to date. Most notably, the sections covering multilateral, bilateral, and transnational action have been broken into seven short chapters, which encourage comparisons within and across types of action and historical cases. New case studies provide context and points of comparison, including a new examination of the contemporary international reactions to human rights violations in China now that the country has become a great power. Additionally, nine "Problems" have been added to the text, which along with the chapter-ending discussion questions, frame alternative interpretations, highlight controversies, and ultimately aim to provoke further thought and discussion amongst readers. International Human Rights,Fourth Edition, is the most current and comprehensive text available that will allow readers to understand how and why human rights are violated, what international action can do to address these violations, and why human rights remain such a small part of international relations.

Jack Donnelly is the Andrew W. Mellon Professor of International Relations at the Graduate School of International Studies at the University of Denver. He has written two other books and over fifty articles and book chapters, which have been widely reprinted and translated into eight languages, on the theory and Practice of internationally recognized human rights.

List of Case Studies

p. xi

List of Problems

p. xi

Tables and Boxes

p. xi

Acronyms

p. xiii

Acknowledgments

p. xv

Introduction: A Note to the Reader

p. xvii

Introduction and Theory

p. 1

Human Rights as an Issue in World Politics

p. 3

The Emergence of International Human Rights Norms

p. 4

From Cold War to Covenants

p. 6

The 1970s: From Standard Setting to Monitoring

p. 8

The 1980s: Further Growth and Institutionalization

p. 10

The 1990s: Consolidating Progress and Acting Against Genocide

p. 11

International Human Rights After 9/11

p. 13

The Global Human Rights Regime

p. 14

Discussion Questions

p. 16

Suggested Readings

p. 17

Theories of Human Rights

p. 19

The Nature of Human Rights

p. 19

The Source or Justification of Human Rights

p. 21

Equal Concern and Respect

p. 22

Interdependent and Indivisible Human Rights

p. 23

The Duty-Bearers of Human Rights

p. 24

Human Rights and Related Practices

p. 25

Sovereignty, Anarchy, and International Society

p. 26

Three Models of International Human Rights

p. 27

Realism and Human Rights

p. 29

Democracy and Human Rights

p. 30

Discussion Questions

p. 32

Suggested Readings

p. 34

The Relative Universality of Human Rights

p. 37

Universality and Relativity

p. 37

International Legal Universality

p. 38

Overlapping Consensus Universality

p. 39

Functional Universality

p. 40

Anthropological or Historical Relativity

p. 42

Cultural Relativism

p. 44

Universal Rights, Not Identical Practices

p. 45

Universalism Without Imperialism

p. 46

The Relative Universality of Human Rights

p. 47

Hate Speech

p. 48

Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation

p. 50

Discussion Questions

p. 52

Suggested Readings

p. 54

The Domestic Politics of Human Rights: Dirty Wars in the Southern Cone